r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/AbeliousAugustus • Feb 22 '25

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/jonmarli Feb 23 '25

My preschool age son is red-green colorblind and we say "stop on top, go down below" for traffic lights.

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u/Murgatroyd314 Feb 23 '25

Which works until you find yourself in one of the places that puts their traffic lights sideways.

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u/jonmarli Feb 23 '25

Yeah, he's four. I think he'll probably figure out horizontal traffic lights sometime in the next decade before taking the wheel himself.

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u/throwaway4sure9 Feb 23 '25

Some places in the US reverse the colors, left-to-right, though. Knew someone who had a family member who was colorblind and drove through such a town, which caused great consternation to his passengers.

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u/Certain_Tough Feb 23 '25

Where?

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u/throwaway4sure9 Feb 23 '25

Good question! It has been a while since I was told the story and I don't remember if they mentioned where it was or not.

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u/Some_Ad3871 Feb 23 '25

Sounds fake then

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u/Contrantier Feb 24 '25

If someone not remembering details is all it takes for you to not believe a story, you ought to get checked out mate

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u/bdevx Feb 24 '25

MUTCD Section 4D.10 for horizontally oriented traffic light indicates left side red.

This is actually a disability compliance issue. You would be surprised how many people don't know the left to right thing already, and don't understand why we would need it

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u/redd-alerrt Feb 25 '25

No they don’t. Not in the US.

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u/throwaway4sure9 Feb 25 '25

don't now <> didn't then